The Evangelical and Oxford Movements by Elisabeth Jay

The Evangelical and Oxford Movements by Elisabeth Jay

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This book is devoted to the writings of the Evangelical and Oxford movements, whose leading members were key figures in the religious debate that so preoccupied early Victorian society. It will prove to be an indispensable tool for all serious students of nineteenth-century literature, history and theology.

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The Evangelical and Oxford Movements by Elisabeth Jay

This book is devoted to the writings of the Evangelical and Oxford movements, whose leading members were key figures in the religious debate that so preoccupied early Victorian society. The Evangelical writers included here - Charles Simeon, Francis Close, William Goode and Edward Miall - enjoyed wide influence in their own day but their writings are now either forgotten or largely inaccessible. The writers in the Oxford Movement represented here - Keble, Williams, Newman and Pusey - are better known, though only Newman's prose has received much attention. By concentrating upon the period 1825 to 1850 Dr Jay is able to show the complex social, educational, and political influences on the religious debate and to trace the dynamics of the relationship between the two movements. This book will prove to be an indispensable tool for all serious students of nineteenth-century literature, history and theology.

Elisabeth Jay is a professor of English and Associate Head of the School of Humanities at Oxford Brookes University. The author of Margaret Oliphant: 'A Fiction to Herself' A Literary Life, Jay has written widely on nineteenth-century literature.

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ISBN 13 9780521286695
ISBN 10 0521286697
Title The Evangelical and Oxford Movements
Author Elisabeth Jay
Series Cambridge English Prose Texts
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 1983-04-14
Number of pages 232
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